This chapter highlights the stories of immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos raised in North Carolina. It examines the incorporation of Latino youth into U.S. society and their risk of being permanently ...
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This chapter highlights the stories of immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos raised in North Carolina. It examines the incorporation of Latino youth into U.S. society and their risk of being permanently marginalized economically and socially. The chapter explores the significant challenges that Latino youths face in the multigenerational process of incorporation into U.S. society: learning the English language; engaging in civic participation, and new societal norms and laws; cultivating a sense of identity; and attachment to the receiving communities.Less

Defying the Odds : Latino Youth, the Agents of Change

Hannah Gill

Published in print: 2010-11-01

This chapter highlights the stories of immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos raised in North Carolina. It examines the incorporation of Latino youth into U.S. society and their risk of being permanently marginalized economically and socially. The chapter explores the significant challenges that Latino youths face in the multigenerational process of incorporation into U.S. society: learning the English language; engaging in civic participation, and new societal norms and laws; cultivating a sense of identity; and attachment to the receiving communities.